Awards & Funding Sources
Dr. Ford Versypt
2019
National Institute of Health R35 MIRA Grant has been granted to Dr. Ford Versypt, PI,
for project "Quantitative Systems Biomedicine & Pharmacology for Multiscale Tissue Damage" ($1,834,680)
https://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter_pisummary.cfm?pi_id=12443051&map=y
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award has been granted to Dr. Ford Versypt, PI,
for project "CAREER: Multiscale Modeling of a Virtual Kidney during the Onset and Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease"
($550,000) https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1845117&HistoricalAwards=false
Outstanding Service Award, ASEE Midwest Section
Outstanding Achievement for the Mentorship of Women, OSU Women’s Faculty Council
Election as a Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering (CACHE) Corporation Trustee
CACHE minigrant has been granted to Dr. Ford Versypt, PI, for project "Development of Open Access Version of Applied Numerical Computing Course" ($5,000)
2017
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Health Research Award has been granted to
Dr. Ford Versypt, PI, for project “Computational Modeling of the Onset of Diabetic Kidney Disease”
($135,000) https://ceat.okstate.edu/congratulations-dr-ashlee-ford-versypt-receiving-health-research-award
Excellent Teacher Award, OSU College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School Poster Award
2nd place technical paper, ASEE Midwest Section Conference
2016
Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases Pilot Project Grant has been awarded to
Dr. Ford Versypt, PI, for project “Computational Modeling of Tuberculosis Granuloma Activation” ($50,000)
Outstanding Poster Presentation, New York Academy of Sciences Symposium on Chronic Kidney Disease
2015
Outstanding Mentor Award, Oklahoma State University (OSU) College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) Student Council (voted by the CEAT student body)
Undergraduate Research Video Competition winner—faculty category, OSU Vice President for Research ($750 student travel funds)
2014
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Seed Grant has been awarded to Dr. Ford Versypt, PI, for project “Mathematical Modeling of Podocytes in Diabetic Kidney Disease” ($45,000)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chemical Engineering Division Joseph J. Martin Award (for outstanding paper at the ASEE Annual Meeting in 2013)
Association for Women in Mathematics travel grant to attend SIAM Annual Meeting
Biomedical Engineering Innovation and Career Development Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
New York Academy of Sciences travel grant to attend Diabetic Kidney Disease: Drug Discovery and Clinical Development Challenges symposium
Keystone Partnership Award, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, recognizing impact on STEM programming with Girl Scouts and the Society of Women Engineers Boston Professional Section
See CV for awards prior to OSU
Students
Minu R. Pilvankar, Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering
ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowship, 2017-2019 ($15,000 annually)
OSU Women’s Faculty Council Research Award, 2017
Selected to attend (with travel support) SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Broadening Participation Program,
2017
Gold Poster Prize (First Place) for Graduate Student & Postdoc Category, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Research Symposium, 2016
Outstanding Poster Presentation, New York Academy of Sciences Symposium on Chronic Kidney Disease, 2016
Selected to participate in Mathematics Research Communities: Mathematics in Physiology and Medicine program, 2016
OSU Graduate College Summer Research Fellowship ($4,000), 2016
Steve M. Ruggiero, PhD Student
Walt Kolb Graduate Studies Scholarship ($1,500), OSU Graduate College, 2018–2019
Selected to attend User Training Workshop: Developing Multi-Scale, Virtual Tissue Simulations with CompuCell3D, 2017
Carley V. Eastep, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2019
One of four students selected to represent OSU at 2019 Research Day at the Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK
OK-LSAMP Scholar
Niblack Research Scholar ($8,000), OSU, 2018–2019
Grace K. Harrell, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
1st place UG poster, Physical Sciences & Technology Division, OSU Research Symposium, 2016 (co-presenter ANM)
Michele A. Higgins, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017
Semester Wentz Research Grant, Fall 2015 ($750)
3rd place UG poster, Physical Sciences & Technology Division, OSU Research Symposium, 2016
OSU Women’s Faculty Council Research Award, 2016
OSU Senior of Significance, 2016
Irum Khan, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
Semester Wentz Research Grant, Fall 2015 ($750)
Jacquelyn I. Lane, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017
Outstanding Senior, OSU Alumni Association, 2017
OSU Women’s Faculty Council Research Award, 2017
2nd Place, oral presentation, AIChE Mid-America Regional Student Conference, 2017
Wentz Research Grant, 2016-2017 ($4,500)
Travel grant to attend NIMBioS Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics
OSU Senior of Significance, 2016
Alexandra N. McPeak, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
1st place UG poster, Physical Sciences & Technology Division, OSU Research Symposium, 2016 (co-presenter GKH)
Yen T. Nguyen Edalgo, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017 & M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2018
OSU Women’s Faculty Council Research Award, 2018
1st place William Cunningham Award for National AIChE Student Design Competition—Team Category, 2017
(c) Ashlee N. Ford Versypt, 2019